Behavioral Health Team Leader

00 RHA Health Services, LLC; Whiteville (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payactiv

Employee discounts

Paid Time Off

Health insurance

401(k)

Wellbeing programs

Chronic disease management

CPR/First aid training

Contract/contingent workers

Job summary

00 RHA Health Services, LLC in North Carolina is seeking a Behavioral Health Team Leader to coordinate and supervise services for individuals with mental health and substance use challenges. You will work across residential, school, workplace, and community settings to implement the Person Centered Plan and ensure quality supports.

The role requires leadership, training, EMR familiarity, and driving responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications

• Requires education, experience, and licensure as defined by service definitions.
• General knowledge of the human services delivery system in North Carolina.
• Valid driver's license and auto insurance.
• Experience supervising employees preferred.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate services and supervise staff to implement Person Centered Plans.
• Serve as primary contact and coordinator of services for individuals with MH/SA needs.
• Provide staff with training on population-specific skills and knowledge.
• Interview, hire, train, and supervise employees; assign and direct work; appraise performance.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Communication

Training

EMR experience

Driver's license

Education

Master's degree in a human service field

Bachelor's degree in a human service field

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

We are hiring for:

Behavioral Health Team Leader Type: Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

Serves as the primary contact and coordinator of services supporting individuals with Mental Health or Substance Abuse Issues in residential, school, workplace and community settings. Coordinates and monitors the array of services and supports identified in each person's Person Centered Plan. Supervises and directs the work of others to provide quality services.

Responsibilities:

• Works closely with paraprofessional and clinical/professional staff to maintain communication and provide feedback, standardize procedures and expedite PCP implementation.
• Participates in a first responder on-call system available to consumers and/or his/her natural support network on a 24/7/365 basis; coordinates "first response" resources according to consumer need and the PCP.
• Provides employees with individual-specific training and training in the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the population and age to be served.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and applying corrective action to employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Completes Service Authorization Requests as needed and ensure that current service authorization is in place prior to the provision of any service
• Provides clinical supervision to all employees
• Minimizes the negative effects of psychiatric symptoms or substance dependence that interfere with the recipient's daily living and personal development.
• Completes documentation of services including a daily full service note that includes the name of the person supported, Medicaid identification number, date of service, purpose of contact, describes the interventions, includes the time spent performing the interventions, effectiveness of the intervention, the signature and credentials of the staff providing the service.

Requirements:

• May be required to be a Qualified Professional as defined by the service definition requirements . Qualified Professional is defined as an individual who is: (a) an individual who holds a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession, except a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SA with the population served; the QP function may be completed by a Certified Clinical Addiction Specialist (CCAS) or Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS); or (b) a graduate of a college or university with a Master's degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time post-graduate degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served; or (c) a graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field with two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served; or (d) A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services with four years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served. Must meet the education, experience, licensure/certification requirements specified by the service definition of the service being provided
• General working knowledge of the human services delivery system in North Carolina
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance,.
• Employee supervisory experience preferred
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) preferred
• Pre-employment screening:
• Complete criminal background
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

We offer the following benefits to employees:

• Payactiv: early access to the money you've earned from hours you've already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program : to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job‑specific training opportunities
• *contract/contingent workers and interns